118 DEEP SEA FISHES. 
equal to that of the skull across the parietals. In the upper and longer 
portion of the fin there are fifteen rays; this portion is separated by an 
interspace with four short rays, distant from one another, from the lower 
portion of the fin, which contains five rays nearly as long as those in the 
upper part. The shortest rays of the pectorals occupy a space the width of 
which is about equal to the length of the orbit; they are connected by 
membrane. The longest rays are nearly or quite as long as the longest of 
those of either dorsal or anal. Accurate determinations of the numbers 
of rays in the vertical fins, or of the shape and connections of the caudal are 
prevented by the condition of the specimen. 
Total length ten inches or more. 
Dark brown or black. 
The structure of the pectoral most likely agreed with that figured for 
P. bathybius in the “ Challenger” Report by Gitinther in having the low mem- 
brane between the sections of the fin, but with the addition of short rays in 
support, which may not have protruded beyond the edge, as in the figure 
given by Collett. 
Station. Latitude. Longitude. Depth. Temperature. Bottom. 
3434 25° -29' 307 N. 109° 48’ W. 1588 fathoms 36.4° F, Br. m. bk. sp. 
Paraliparis attenuatus sp. n. 
Plates XX VIL and XXVIII. fig. 3; Plate XXIX. fig. 2. 
Br. r.6; D. 66; A. 57; V. 0, pelvis rudimentary; P. 17, 1, 1, 1, 4. 
Total length equal to three and one fourth times the length of the 
body cavity. Body compressed, depth about one sixth of the total length ; 
caudal section very long and slender. Head less than one seventh of the 
total, one fourth deeper than wide, high at the nape, curving downward in 
front in a broad arch, flattened or slightly convex on the crown and fore- 
head, narrower and rounded and blunt on the snout; interorbital space 
little, if any, wider than the eye, narrowing rapidly in front. Snout some- 
what produced above and forward of the mouth, hardly as long as the eye. 
Mouth medium, horizontal; maxillary not reaching a vertical from the hind 
border of the orbit. Teeth small, simple, short, acuminate, not numerous, 
in single series, stouter and broader toward the base than those of P. jim- 
briatus. Eye large, one and one third times the length of the snout, 
orbital length nearly equal to the width of the interorbital space. The 
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